Zemanek-Münster

Bell

Nigeria, Yoruba
sold EUR 800
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch

Description

iron, brass, handle in shape of a flat janiform head, min. dam., traces of corrosions, base;
such bells were used for ritual purposes, probably to get into contact with the ancestors.


Publications

Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 224, ill. III/3.13

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